ETag: "Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:48 +0000" Last-Modified: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:48 +0000 10 most recent topics - Blaylock Discussion Forums http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl - Blaylock Discussion Forums en-us Blaylock Discussion Forums Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 The News - Blaylock Guest Speaker at Stanford Summer Program http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1368736289/0#0 Blaylock Discussion Forums/The News Blaylock will be a guest speaker at Stanford's &quot;Great Books&quot; summer program for middle school through high school age students:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.greatbookssummer.com/program/lecturers/jamespblaylock?utm_source=email&utm_medium=2013_05_10_guest_speakers" target="_blank">http://www.greatbookssummer.com/program/lecturers/jamespblaylock?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=2013_05_10_guest_speakers</a><br /> The News - Blaylock article in The Orange County Register http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1368038350/0#0 Blaylock Discussion Forums/The News A new Blaylock article was posted today in The Orange County Register:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ocregister.com/articles/blaylock-507328-steampunk-books.html" target="_blank">http://www.ocregister.com/articles/blaylock-507328-steampunk-books.html</a><br /><br />You can read the intro paragraph by searching for the article in Google and then clicking on the link to it. To read the full article, you'd have to sign up as a temporary subscriber and login to read it.<br /><br />&quot;Chapman University professor James P. Blaylock, a pioneer of the Steampunk historical fiction genre, has a new hero. She's an 11-year-old cryptozoologist (someone who studies mythical creatures) named Kathleen Perkins.<br /><br />Blaylock, an Orange-based author, came up with the precocious Perkins for his new book, &quot;Zeuglodon,&quot; aimed at a young adult audience.<br />Article Tab: image1-Steampunk pioneer James P. Blaylock<br />James P. Blaylock<br /><br />Career:author, teacher<br /><br />Claim to fame:pioneer of the Steampunk literary genre<br /><br />Residence: Orange<br /><br />Family:wife Viki Blaylock; children John Blaylock, 32 and Danny Blaylock, 30<br /><br />Teaches at:Chapman University and Orange County School of the Arts<br /><br />Reading:&quot;The Pickwick Papers&quot; by Charles Dickens<br /><br />Authors he likes:James Lee Burke, Tony Hillerman, Michael Connelly, Patrick O'Brian<br /><br />E-readers:He's a book guy. &quot;I like the smell of paper. I really like the smell of old, dusty paper.&quot;<br /><br />Education:Master of Arts in Literature, Cal State Fullerton<br /><br />High School:Magnolia High School in Anaheim<br /><br />Awards:Winner, World Fantasy Award; Winner, Philip K. Dick Memorial Award (for his novel &quot;Homunculus&quot;); Nominee, O. Henry Award; U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Teacher Recognition Award, 2012.<br /><br />&quot;I wrote 'Zeuglodon' on a whim,&quot; Blaylock said.<br /><br />&quot;I found myself writing the voice of an 11-year-old girl. I don't know why.&quot;<br /><br />He wrote Perkins picturing the character Scout in &quot;To Kill a ...&quot; The News - The Aylesford Skull Limited Edition Hardcover http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1365722126/3#3 Blaylock Discussion Forums/The News The Titan Books website has the Limited Edition for sale again:<br /><br /><a href="http://titanbooks.com/the-aylesford-skull-signed-limited-edition-6687/" target="_blank">http://titanbooks.com/the-aylesford-skull-signed-limited-edition-6687/</a> The Books & Stories - What's everybody reading? http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1068497555/101#101 Blaylock Discussion Forums/The Books & Stories Here's a nice quote from the <i>Treasure Seekers</i> that is also a good guide for writers:<br /><br /><i>You will not catch me saying 'thus the sad days passed slowly by' - or 'the years rolled on their weary course' - or 'time went on' - because it is silly; of course time goes on - whether you say so or not. So I shall just tell you the nice, interesting parts - and in between you will understand that we had our meals and got up and went to bed, and dull things like that. It would be sickening to write all that down, though of course it happens. I said so to Albert-next-door's uncle, who writes books, and he said 'Quite right, that's what we call selection, a necessity of true art.' And he is very clever indeed. So you see.</i> The News - The Aylesford Skull &amp; Blog Tour http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1357221954/13#13 Blaylock Discussion Forums/The News Interview on the <i>Mythbehaving </i>podcast:<br /><a href="http://mythbehaving.maerwilson.com/2013/03/18/episode-6-james-p-blaylock/" target="_blank">http://mythbehaving.maerwilson.com/2013/03/18/episode-6-james-p-blaylock/</a><br /> The Books & Stories - Steampunk http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1296411845/2#2 Blaylock Discussion Forums/The Books & Stories In an interview in the Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, JPB talks about what steampunk is:<br /><br /><i>I often see steampunk categorized as dystopian fiction, for example, and often enough it is, but there’s no good reason that it should be. I’ve heard people insist that there must be steam involved, but that’s nonsense. People insist that the story must take place during Victoria’s reign, but that leaves out, say, The Anubis Gates, and most of Conan Doyle – one of my great inspirations – who arguably came into his own as an Edwardian rather than a Victorian, despite when he first began to publish. Wells, too, etc. Definitions are by definition exclusive rather than inclusive, which can be a detriment to one’s writing. For me, the great attraction of steampunk is that it allows for science and settings that are largely imaginary – space travel by gunpowder-driven engines, water-filled canals on Mars, lost cities in as yet unexplored mountains and jungles, backyard scientists pottering aboard oxygenation greenhouses in home-built spacecraft, etc. Also, it has the virtue of allowing for a language that’s richer than contemporary English. (I’ll suggest that steampunk must have that language in some incarnation.) And of course there’s an open invitation to work in an octopus or a squid, which certainly elevates any work of fiction.</i> The News - Interview http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1358954229/1#1 Blaylock Discussion Forums/The News According to this interview<br /><a href="http://sfbook.com/interview-with-james-baylock.htm" target="_blank">http://sfbook.com/interview-with-james-baylock.htm</a><br />the title of the upcoming steampunk novella has changed from <i>The Pagan Goddess</i> to <i>The Adventure of the Ring of Stones</i>. The Zany Stuff - Steampunk Predicted As Biggest Fashion Trend http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1359084234/5#5 Blaylock Discussion Forums/The Zany Stuff As regards the Forum Administrator's title, I would suggest that to follow the precedent here in Canada, I might be addressed as &quot;the Right Honourable Administrator&quot;, since the highest use of the title &quot;Administrator&quot; is the position of Administrator of Canada, a temporary vice-regal role assumed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court upon the death or incapacity of Her Majesty's representative, His/Her Excellency The Governor-General. So, in the absence of the Sovereign of the Forum, or the Viceroy of the Forum, please consider me the Administrator of the Forum. Based on the precedent of the Session Papers of the Parliament of the Dominion, 33 Victoria (AD 1870) in which the Administrator is addressed as &quot;Your Excellency&quot;, that would also be an acceptable form of address, though we like to preserve an informal atmosphere here. Therefore, except on great state occasions, it will be deemed adequate if I am addressed as &quot;The Right Honourable Administrator of the Forum&quot;. The News - Blaylock / Powers Book Signing Feb 13 in Santa Ana http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1359748223/0#0 Blaylock Discussion Forums/The News James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers will have a book signing at the Barnes &amp; Noble on Main Street in Santa Ana, California, on February 13, 2013, at 6:30pm.<br /><br />The event is a fundraiser for the Orange County School for the Arts - the creative program where they teach - so, be sure to buy some books at the event to help support the cause! The News - Short Stories http://www.sybertooth.com/cgi-bin/yabb/blaylock/nph-YaBB.pl?num=1359503315/0#0 Blaylock Discussion Forums/The News A couple of short stories appearing in new anthologies are:<br /><br />&quot;The Ape Box Affair&quot;, JPB's first published story, which is in the anthology <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Apes-Wrath-Richard-Klaw/dp/161696085X/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&tag=sybertoothinc" target="_blank"><i>The Apes of Wrath</i></a>. The story also appears in the new illustration collection <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Steam-Punk-Beginning-James-Blaylock/dp/1584235098/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&tag=sybertoothinc" target="_blank"><i>Steam Punk: The Beginning</i></a>.<br /><br />A new short story entitled &quot;Smithfield&quot; is in <i>Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy</i>, coming out in March 2013 in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Victorias-Book-Spells-Anthology/dp/0765332272/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&tag=sybertoothinc" target="_blank">paperback</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Victorias-Book-Spells-Anthology/dp/0765332264/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&tag=sybertoothinc" target="_blank">hardcover</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Victorias-Book-Spells-ebook/dp/B00AEC8P6A/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=ur2&tag=sybertoothinc" target="_blank">kindle e-book</a>, and in <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/queen-victorias-book-of-spells-ellen-datlow/1114206036?ean=9780765332271" target="_blank">Nook format at B&amp;N</a>.